#8E72FA#8E72FA

#8E72FA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.195 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E72FA
RGB	rgb(142, 114, 250)
HSL	hsl(252, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(252, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 54.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 42.75, -64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 77.42, 303.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.0642 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.195 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4231, 24.6863, 93.3752)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E72FA #DEFA72

analogous

#729AFA #8E72FA #D272FA

triadic

#8E72FA #FA8E72 #72FA8E

tetradic

#8E72FA #FA729A #DEFA72 #72FAD2

square

#8E72FA #FA729A #DEFA72 #72FAD2

split-complementary

#8E72FA #FAD272 #9AFA72

monochromatic

#3708E9 #5F37F8 #8E72FA #BDADFC #E7E1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8E72FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8E72FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E72FA

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E72FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E72FA	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#298BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D85F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e72fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 114, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.195 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b59bfd',
    500: '#8e72fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e72fa;
$custom-light: #b59bfd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e72fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64496,
    "c": 0.19467,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E72FA

secondary

#EEF6D2

accent

#E600B6

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120E18

muted

#817E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E72FA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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